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Cities use a variety of criteria as the basis for setting <br />park dedication fees. 'Ihe survey responses were: <br />• Rate of inflation - 11 <br />Increase in property values - 17 <br />• Correlation to other cities - 17 <br />• Relationship to CIIr -11 <br />• Other - 10 <br />The number of responses exceeds 52 because some <br />cities reported using more Yhan one criteria. <br />Collection of Park Dedication <br />The majority of cities (30 cities/58'%) collect park <br />dedication in connection wifh the platting process. <br />Nine cities (17%) collect park dedication fees <br />through the building permit. Another nine cities <br />responded that fees collected both ylatting and <br />building permit. <br />Figure 1 <br />Year o(Most Recent Fee Adjustment <br /> 2007 <br />Unknown <br /> <br /> <br />23% <br />:y t,~":3i',, 0 <br />' 29/0 <br /> <br /> <br /> ; <br /> ~~ <br />. <br /> .~ `+`_: <br /> ,r <br />~ <br /> ~ <br /> S~ N1 ~ <br />~ <br />Prior to 2004 ~ ~~_„s;`~ <br />v <br />9 <br />17^/0 2006 <br /> zooa to <br /> 0 2005 190/^ <br /> 0% 6 <br /> 12% <br />Residential Property <br />'the survey did not find a canvnon approach for park dedication requirements. "]he responses suggest that <br />approaches are tailored around the unique conditions in each city. The survey asked the city to select the <br />response ghat matched the current park de<iicaticnt requirements for residential property. The potential <br />responses were: <br />• Cash or land equal to 10% of land value/area <br />• Cash or land equal to _% ofland value/area (fill <br />in percentage) <br />Fired rate per type of dwelling unit. <br />• Fixed rate per acre of ]and. $_/acre <br />• Other method of calculation <br />'phe chart in Figure 3 summarizes the survey <br />responses. The total number of responses is more <br />than 52 because several surveys checked more thin <br />one method. <br />F,leven cities reported using a land area/vahe f atio <br />other than 10%. Five of these cities use a ratio <br />between 5°o and 8%. Two cities reported ratios <br />between I1% and 16%. 'Ilse other Pour cities did not <br />indicate a specific ratio. <br />Figure 3 <br />Reported Requirements (or Residential Property <br />so I _._. _.... .. _._.. <br />ao <br />30 ','. <br />ie <br />~o ~ a ,a <br />i ,~ <br />to , <br />i <br />° _ ~ _. <br />Cash or land Cash ^rland 4lxetl rare Hxnl rare OiM1m No rcsp^nu <br />eQUalloIDan e9ualW perrYrcof peracre or mcrhoa <br />of Jana other ^.n of dwellin5 rmit land <br />value/area land <br />~.n^aaren <br />Some of the other reported methods of determining park dedication for residential property include: <br />• ]acre for every 75 residents. <br />1/25th acre per unit. <br />Per capita measure of city park system. <br />• Variable rate based on density. <br />~~ Page2 <br />